Cory Wolfe

Just direct him towards Ford.

I think an upgrade to this is in store: More realistically....

*Two thumbs up* Looks good.

Well, that, too. It would have to be a high temperature seal. Touching that door without gloves isn't something you do unless you want to be branded.

Or completely new of each. We're talking about wooden swing style barn doors that have been warped by weather and ripped off their hinges a few times and a chimney that my Dad admits was too small in diameter in the first place. I was playing around in photoshop with it.

As I've been tearing down the Golf this past week, I've found that my garage is quite inefficient for the work I'm doing. With winter temperatures, it's difficult to heat up. That entirely ancient iron wood furnace is slow to start. Just as much smoke will pour out around the door as the chimney. The first hour is spent tending to the fire as you keep the garage doors open to prevent the smoke from smothering you. Once its going strong, you close the doors, revealing a slight crack at the top of each. Another hour later, the garage will finally begin to heat up a few degrees above freezing. Without insulation and those cracked doors, that's basically all you can manage. If you're doing work on the side opposite of the furnace, you're frozen. A trip to stand by the furnace for a few moments will be made fairly often to warm up. Don't forget to throw a log on when you warm up to keep the fire going. For work that involves getting low, the dirt floor is just fantastic. You'll want to avoid any parts you want don't want covered in filth, afterwords. Interior work requires being attentive to what you touch and where you've been. Watch out, not only will fallen nuts and screws bury themselves seemingly as soon as they hit the ground, you'll find them when you get on the ground and feel them, the unexpected and sometimes painful way. You won't be able to see them, either. The few ceiling lights provide very little light, just enough for general work. Any detail work will have you getting out a flashlight or a portable corded light. As you scurry around the car trying to make the best of your time, you'll trip over that metal rod that blended in with the dirt. "Where the hell did that come from? F**cking junk" you'll exclaim, while wiping the dirt off your face. Err... is that a screw stuck in my forehead?! I need a new garage.

The Cobalt has been rattle-city since I got it at 10k miles. They seem to show up from all angles.

*nods* I'll even make it RHD, to boot. Indeed it has. I'll be trading my mom for the Sunfire pretty soon as well and I may do a few things to it just to see if it'll make it run any better, and to possibly get more out of it when I sell it. No one wants a car that runs like $h!, obviously.

I think tearing my Jetta down to the bare metal was the most enjoyable aspect of wrecking it. So to do that without, you know, wrecking a car... will be even more grand.

Before: After:

Honestly, I wasn't sure if I clicked on the right link when I first viewed it on Autoblog. It's thoroughly underwhelming. That's supposed to be the flagship?

Overhang is certainly reaching for the curb, but otherwise I think it looks decent. Nothing spectacular, but no CR-X. Specifications are definitely disappointing, though.

Well, I have the weekend off from work, but that's as much as I know for now. I'll just stick with "Perhaps, Depends". The best answer I can give will be last minute.

Never desired to take an entire car... However, I've often thought "I could really use that part" for my own car. Just do a little swaparoo, they'll never know the difference.

Maybe I'm taking this too literally... VW Golf Country 4x4: VW Jetta City Stromer Electric:

Congrats. I'll be the Bible Boy.

Put me on the "Perhaps, Depends" list.

I picked up a $h!load of parts yesterday. Literally filled the Golf up with them. Going to be getting more this weekend. I've officially spent more on parts than I have the car.

Back to 'Aminos... Geoamino.

Does this count? "It's so sporty!"

2009 = Bad. 2010 = Better be pretty damn good, or else.

I could possibly join in. Depends how my work schedule works out. I'd definitely have to turn it into a weekend for myself, though. These long drives all done in a single day have been killing me and I've still got a few more before that weekend. The VW bug is a dangerous one to have.

Once I get the aforementioned body panels, It'll start to look a whole lot nicer. This guy has my hatch, both bumpers, fender, grill... and even doors if I wanted them. I was lucky enough to find someone who hates the color enough to go with multicolored panels until he gets his painted. Beyond that, next on my list is to swap over my headlight wiring harness, relay, and switch from the Jetta to add OEM foglights. And then I have some custom wiring to be done behind the dash to implement a few more features from the Jetta, including some were never implemented into any MK3 from the factory (I want to move the hatch popper out of the glovebox as well as do some unique lighting as I like a well-lit interior). That and I still need to swap the Jetta's mint seats and black interior panels into it (The all beige is far too unappealing to the eye). To say the least, I'm excited to have embarked on this project.

My Xmas gift to myself... Had it out today. Still awaiting body panels, but atleast I've located a full set ready to be picked up. I've also done some more minor fixes and parts swapping including getting my keyless entry setup from the Jetta swapped in so that I will never, ever have to deal with manual locks... evarrr!! One trick I've learned involves an eraser. It's the cheapest, easiest way I've ever cleaned up exterior plastics. Those textured door moldings? Like new again (besides the driver's side, they need replaced entirely) after using this method. All that buildup wax, dirt, and spots I thought were just faded have been magically erased. Surprised the f@#k out of me. Also, I've discovered a new quirk. When you lock the doors, the fuel door locks as well.

As a throwback... Merry Atheistic Xmas, everyone.